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Diane Pham

 

As Inhabitat's Architecture and Design Editor, Diane is also a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, NY. After graduating from the University of Southern California, she enjoyed a brief stint at SCI-Arc, then working for the A+D Museum in Los Angeles, Perkins Eastman Architects and Resoultion4: Architecture handling their marketing, PR and graphic work.

A native Angeleno, she’s also lived in Milan and Paris, and still has her sights set beyond the borders of the US. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, being outdoors, learning languages, playing drums, taking photographs and doing as many new things as she can, every moment she can.

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Karim Rashid Unveils Beautiful Energy Efficient “Trex” Lamps

Karim Rashid Unveils Beautiful Energy Efficient “Trex” Lamps

Superstar designer Karim Rashid just unveiled a beautiful new modular lighting system that continues his trek along the path towards greener designs. Dubbed ‘Trex’, the lamp has a soft and

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Oud Now Updates Traditional Cupboards With a Modern Twist

Oud Now Updates Traditional Cupboards With a Modern Twist

With so many furniture choices out there, it’s hard to decide – do I go modernist or traditionalist? Not sure? Instead of copping out and running to buy uninspiring big box furniture,

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Ayodhyatra’s Moss Tables Bring a Bit of Life to Any Room

Ayodhyatra’s Moss Tables Bring a Bit of Life to Any Room

If your living room needs a little touch of plant life and you’ve got anything but a green thumb, then these moss tables just may be the thing for you. From home furniture company

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A “Smart” Vest That Detects the Presence of Air Pollutants

A “Smart” Vest That Detects the Presence of Air Pollutants

With all of today’s air pollutants compromising our health, what’s one to do to avoid finding themselves in toxic peril? While you could go coal miner’s style carrying a canary around

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A Barcode That Recedes With a Veggie’s Freshness

A Barcode That Recedes With a Veggie’s Freshness

Walking through the produce aisle shouldn’t be as mysterious as the ingredients on the back of a bag of Cheetos, but sometimes picking out fresh produce can be a befuddling task even for the

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Moss Table Adds a Micro-Landscape to Your Living Room

Moss Table Adds a Micro-Landscape to Your Living Room

Image © designboom We’ve already brought you living bath mats, a carpet made of moss, and a biodegradable mushroom stool, so it was only a matter of time before we pulled out some moss coffee

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100% Recyclable Planting Bag Lets You Create a Garden Anywhere

100% Recyclable Planting Bag Lets You Create a Garden Anywhere

Are you an urban dweller aching for a garden of your own? You don’t have to move to the suburbs or pester your landlord to let you up on the rooftop anymore. Designer Godefroy de Virieu and

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Beautiful Bamboo Flow Lights are Powered by the Wind!

Beautiful Bamboo Flow Lights are Powered by the Wind!

How do you create effective lighting when there’s no way to get to the grid? Leave it to a couple of ingenious designers to come up with a beautiful and self-sufficient bamboo lighting system!

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Unfinished Belgian Bell Tower Sprouts a Solar Powered Twin

Unfinished Belgian Bell Tower Sprouts a Solar Powered Twin

During the 14th century the city of Antwerp commissioned the construction of a new cathedral. Due to a failing budget, the city ran out of money and construction was brought to a halt. While the

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Bold Type Chair Made from 100% Biodegradable Cardboard

Bold Type Chair Made from 100% Biodegradable Cardboard

Font junkies haven’t had reason to get this excited since the release of Helvetica. Designers at SanSanserif Creatius have just premiered their Bold Chair, a funky new seating module

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Karl Lagerfeld Ships a 265-Ton Artic Glacier to Paris for Chanel’s Fashion Show

Karl Lagerfeld Ships a 265-Ton Artic Glacier to Paris for Chanel’s Fashion Show

  Photo by Wallpaper We’ve heard about designers doing some crazy things, but this one may just take the prize. For Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2010 show Karl Lagerfeld imported a

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5 Green Finds for the Kids on St. Patrick’s Day

5 Green Finds for the Kids on St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect day to get in the green spirit! Apart from cladding your kids in green garb so they won’t receive any of those pesky pinches, why not give them a

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Win an $8,500 Laundry Room Makeover by Method!

Win an $8,500 Laundry Room Makeover by Method!

HEY READERS! Want to win a new washer and dryer and a year’s worth of laundry supplies? Inhabitat is teaming up with Method to give you an incredible green laundry room renovation worth

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Beautiful Snow-Inspired Lamp Made from Sugar

Beautiful Snow-Inspired Lamp Made from Sugar

Many of us can’t wait until spring finally arrives at our doorsteps, but you have to admit there is something really special about the atmospheric glow of winter snow. Designer Anna

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A Wearable Windmill to Generate Your Own Electricity

A Wearable Windmill to Generate Your Own Electricity

Flowers die, but the Dandelion portable windmill will keep on brightening your day without the wilting. A new wearable tech accessory from designers Mary Huang and Jennifer Kay, this beauty uses

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NYC Chef Daniel Angerer Serves Up Breast Milk Cheese

NYC Chef Daniel Angerer Serves Up Breast Milk Cheese

How adventurous would you say you are when it comes to trying new foods? If you’re the type of person who will put anything on your plate, we’ve got one culinary escapade we dare you to try.

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The OOoo Chair Uses Zero Materials

The OOoo Chair Uses Zero Materials

We love seeing new furniture ideas that implement used, discarded, eco-friendly and recycled materials, but it’s not often that we find a chair that uses zero materials in construction.

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DIY: Vibrant Curtains Upcycled from Old Film Slides

DIY: Vibrant Curtains Upcycled from Old Film Slides

Like the 35mm camera, film slides have gone to the wayside in favor of digital images and PowerPoint. So what is one to do with that box of slides collecting dust up in the attic? Turn them into

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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: The GreenShows at NY Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2010

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: The GreenShows at NY Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2010

New York Fashion Week has come to a close, but we’ve got the all the highlights from the hottest green shows in town. Check out our exclusive video coverage featuring some front row

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A Modern and Eco-Friendly Dollhouse by Brinca Dada

A Modern and Eco-Friendly Dollhouse by Brinca Dada

Our modern kids certainly don’t need to subscribe their imaginations to antiquated Victorian dollhouses. So why not replace those uptight, dim monstrosities with something a little more

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T-Shirts Upcycled into Laptop Sleeves Help Sex-Trafficking Survivors

T-Shirts Upcycled into Laptop Sleeves Help Sex-Trafficking Survivors

Is your favorite t-shirt in such distress that it garners more attention for its rips and holes than its clever declaration against CO2 emissions? There is no reason to despair over your

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Wood Pallets Repurposed into Modular Furniture

Wood Pallets Repurposed into Modular Furniture

Swiss designer Sibylle Stoeckl has come up with a new way to repurpose old and discarded wood pallets. In a series called Le Cageot, Stoeckl takes standard crates and turns them into modular

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Bamboo Glasses Mix Modern Style with the Ming Dynasty

Bamboo Glasses Mix Modern Style with the Ming Dynasty

Designer Chen Chun-Hao and artist Huang To-En have come up with a great application for one of the most renewable resources around – bamboo! In a series created for the Yii Collection, these

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Samantha Pleet’s Fall/Winter 2010 Line Overflows with Charm and Allure

Samantha Pleet’s Fall/Winter 2010 Line Overflows with Charm and Allure

Sweet meets sexy is something not easily achieved by fashion designers, but Samantha Pleet’s Fall/Winter 2010 has got that vibe down, pat. With ultra-feminine thigh-grazing cuts, charming

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Gary Harvey Brings “Dumpster-Chic” Couture to New York Fashion Week

Gary Harvey Brings “Dumpster-Chic” Couture to New York Fashion Week

  Gary Harvey is redefining haute-couture with his impressive use of unconventional materials. With the expert craft, Harvey assembled 22 stunning gowns by recycling all sorts of common junk

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Outlet Regulator Spits Out Greedy Electronic Devices

Outlet Regulator Spits Out Greedy Electronic Devices

Are you sickened by the amount of power that’s consumed by all of the electronics in your life? This Outlet Regulator sure is, and it’s certainly not going to hold back any of its feelings.

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Coop Himmelb(l)au Unveils Energy Positive Office for Austria

Coop Himmelb(l)au Unveils Energy Positive Office for Austria

Coop Himmelb(l)au will be awarded the Sustainability Award at this year’s MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Awards for their design of the Town Town Office Tower in Erdberg, Austria.

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Defunct Ferris Wheel Envisioned as Giant Energy-Generating Windmill

Defunct Ferris Wheel Envisioned as Giant Energy-Generating Windmill

Last year Melbourne’s iconic Southern Star Observation Wheel found a sad turn when it had to be shut down due to cracks and buckling caused by the intense summer heat. The $100 million wheel

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GIVEAWAY: Pi Organic’s Sizzling Venus Lace Nighty (Worth $66)!

GIVEAWAY: Pi Organic’s Sizzling Venus Lace Nighty (Worth $66)!

Give your underwear drawer some extra oomph about with this saucy Venus Lace Nighty from Pi Organic. Made from 100% organic cotton, in your choice of red or black, we’re giving away one of

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John Patrick Organic’s Fall/Winter 2010 Collection Gets Groovy

John Patrick Organic’s Fall/Winter 2010 Collection Gets Groovy

It’ll be a while before we hear about Karl Lagerfeld or Donatella Versace going green, so until then why not bask in the eco-cool 60’s and 70’s vibe of designer John Patrick’s

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